Heaven Pierce Her - War Without Reason (ULTRAKILL 7-4 Theme)

[@ImTheDogeKing]

No joke I went into this completely blind and when the door opened I just stood there while my jaw hit the floor

[@MrLonelyDK]

real

[@a_soulspark]

I just had the same experience. praise Hakita

[@audriusskebas3099]

Me as well! Thats 3 people shocked!

[@poyo5357]

I jumped so hard when I saw it and just instantly slid back and tried to slam storage up the elevator (that last part may have been after the shock kind of ended for comedic effect but I still did it)

[@Scottyno101]

Same

[@wasdwazd]

Imagine you're about to blast an ant with an anti-tank rifle but the bastard you've been having a sniper duel with for years blasts you right in the face and the ant crawls up inside you and gives you a lobotomy

[@not-him-I-swear]

I hate it when that happens

[@natsoy1786]

Funniest analogy/terminology I've ever read

[@rnaodmsomething]

(neither of you can possibly damage eachother, he just blasted you to be an ass)

[@Fanboy_of_everything]

@@rnaodmsomething blasting in the ass!? Where!? I want some!

[@retseekerreal]

Then the other idiot that shot you right in the head just laughs

[@F8lix8]

you know... the most interesting part about this fight is that if you read the enemy logs it says that every new machine was made to counter the last one. this was the last war machine used before the peace. v1 never made it to full production before the war ended. v1 was made to kill this thing

[@Cl-2048]

my reaction to this revelation cannot be put into words

[@spookyboye2160]

holy shit you’re RIGHT

[@matex_e]

YES, that's what i was saying!! WE'VE COME FULL CIRCLE edit: i forgot to mention this, but, you know there's a small city atop the earthmover's back that was home to most war survivors? you know how v1's armor plating is thinner and has blood absortion properties that let it wipe out multiple enemies in the middle of a war bloodshed and return like nothing happened? yeah, that wasn't made for a regular battlefield, it was made SPECIFICALLY to SLAUGHTER the earthmovers' habitants to KEEP ITSELF ALIVE JUST TO KILL THE DAMN TITANS

[@labbit35]

The earth mover was created to decimate enemies in mass and intimidate enemies with its sheer size. V1 was made for only 1 purpose: *kill*

[@goblinface306]

SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS‼️🗣

[@Scrufflord]

"Ah, i really enjoyed my swim in that lake" The brain-eating amoeba making its way up to my head:

[@Admire-the-Sire]

Still water…

[@Scrufflord]

@@Admire-the-Sire those who have knowledge 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@grancoast]

PUT THE STILL WATER DOWN THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO KNOW

[@pedrocto9474]

​@@Admire-the-Sire still water? It looks like it's moving to me

[@Omnidimensial]

@@grancoastnice pfp

[@thelunchking4069]

Imagine what the other Earthmover was thinking “Woah, dude just started having a stroke and fucking exploded” Or “Wow aren’t you dramatic?”

[@MegaDragon1983]

Or maybe "THE V1 IS REAAAL"

[@Egglord-b5k]

Or maybe "Hahaha! I won!...now what?"

[@dibs6462]

​@@Egglord-b5kimpending doom, the machines will consume violence soon enough, might take time but they'll consume it eventually

[@infectexd1491]

Im sure v1 deactivated its force field and the other guy shot at him

[@odestruidordecasais]

Im think he sayed "well... Im winned! But why?"

[@Sinsla7822]

"Ok, I know Hakita has said MULTIPLE times that V2 is very, very dead and his lifeless puddle of blood won't be resurrected, but now's the moment of truth. I bet when I go through this door there'll be an awesome build-up hallway to his boss aren-"

[@thebumhimself]

I'm not gonna lie, I was thinking the same thing

[@danolantern6030]

I was honestly like “Okay, what’s it gonna be, is there gonna be a plot twist where there was a second V2?? Maybe this is the TRUE swordsmachine?? An entirely new boss?? Either way, time to do some park-“ *Earthmover.mp4*

[@Mecha_Machinehog1]

*BENJAMIN*

[@el_artista_fantasma8474]

​@@danolantern6030we blasted the true swordsmachine at the start

[@dev4159]

when i saw the blood enemies that feed the tree's in 7-3 i though "wait are we getting a v2 made of blood ?" ☠

[@Friskus8]

"What's your favourite genre?" "Emergency alarm-core" "What?" 3:59

[@ArtyFoxxo]

It unironically goes so hard tho

[@jacobsiron6929]

Tbf between this and the Unova low HP theme in Pokémon it's not like it's alone (Also there should be more of it both of these slap)

[@ChildOfMan]

This is the best part

[@LonderwOo0]

lets be honest its a musical kink for everyone aint it

[@gargajeff]

I always like video game songs with emergency alarms

[@bendymine7129]

When V1 said "It's a war... A war without reason.", I felt that.

[@Hungary_0987]

Why does rhis have 2 likes

[@Backslash127]

gaberiel at the end of act 3: "machine... this really was an ultra kill."

[@thecheese7283]

My jaw will drop when in act 3, V2 just appears out of nowhere and says: I am reconstructed!!!

[@Iaintwritingallat]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️

[@andrewgreen5955]

The real war without reason was the friends we made along the way

[@CamoranWasTaken]

Hakita really said "You want V2?" "Well to bad, you get this fuckin thing"

[@Stevder]

better than V2 🔥🔥

[@meatbuster2038]

@@Stevderi miss v2

[@OptimalLeisure]

@@meatbuster2038 Maybe you shouldn't have killed them then.

[@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384]

Man I wish I had V2 instead of that fuck Gabe.

[@papacheese8962]

I hope other than gabe at the end, that the rest of the bosses in this game are completely original like earthmover

[@La-Machina]

“Ok, but can you climb a massive robot in Ultrakill?” YES. YES YOU FUCKING CAN!!!

[@tiredTheorist]

ultrakill is quite literally "But can you [X]?" the game

[@robloxbot6004]

Can you punch a projectile? Yes Can you use a projectile against your own enemies? Yes Can you do a round trip? Yes Can you make the enemies fight each other? Yes Can you ride on a train? Yes Can you be in the middle of a war? Yes Can you get trampled? Yes Can you break a giant robot’s heart? Yes Can you see Hakita’s reaction? Yes

[@leithaziz2716]

Shadow of the Robossus

[@xenosmithmaker2335]

Can you experience the titanic? yes

[@mavrin123]

Can you flirt with v1, yes.

[@Dank-Plank]

I absolutely ADORE the trope of a small insignificant little guy taking on an actual mountain, especially when it’s done as a “ see that thing? Yeah, *kill it* “.

[@seneryy]

Earthmover literally chooses to attack V1 over another Earthmover and you say that V1 is insignificant

[@abrupta]

@@seneryy It recognizes our POWER

[@calebjones4952]

It cowers before the raw *motivation* of a Go-Pro with a magnum.

[@ton-618blackhole6]

@@calebjones4952 I can always count on my two best friends. *Smith and Wesson.*

[@calebjones4952]

Giving Benjamin that Smith and Lesson.

[@pwotoa]

-- TIMESTAMPS -- phase 1 0:00 (climbing earthmover) phase 2 1:03 (activated timed platforms, going around earthmover) phase 3 2:07 (continuation) phase 4 2:39 (1000-THR DEFENCE SYSTEM) phase 5 entrance 3:44 (entering earthmover) phase 5 4:00 (INTRUDER DETECTED, FLUSHING INTERIOR) phase 6 entrance 4:31 (climbing up to earthmover's core) phase 6 4:47 (earthmover's core) phase 7 entrance 5:19 (SELF DESTRUCT ACTIVATED) phase 7 5:35 (SELF DESTRUCT) END 6:39 (earthmover explodes) cool song also im not surprised this thing has so many phases the actual boss is massive 6:07 sick guitar solo - @yesblao

[@gabrielgracetallan888]

Actually needed this for once

[@I_Am_Scp_049]

DAMN 5:35 SLAPS

[@yesblao]

You forgot phase 8 6:08 (sick guitar solo)

[@yumiphara]

Not counting P-stages, the most epic bossfight/stage in the game so far.

[@kakuyamii]

nah imma be fr ts is cooler than P bosses

[@yoinkysploinky8308]

@@kakuyamii absolutely not.

[@kungyangyang4256]

It's more of a progressive boss fight rather than an instant fight to the death Like the Metal Gear RAY from Metal Gear Rising

[@bryan9-977]

Agreed

[@vi_nz]

Versus goes hard tho

[@orangeblanket7181]

I love how the earthmover, mid fight with another earthmover, immediately attacked you. That’s how much of a threat you are. These 2 behemoths that can level cities in a single blast are fighting. But once you come, the one that can see you realises you’re way more of a danger to it than the other earthmover

[@nerobernardino88]

I can imagine that Earthmover blasting in all comms "HOLY SHIT GUYS, WE GOT V1 ENROUTE, WE'RE OH SO COMPLETELY FUCKED"

[@CorpseDollar]

Would make sense because V1 is heavily implied to be the counter to earthmovers

[@JmonsterNEO]

Like Meeps said, the lore blurbs imply that each Machine was made expressly to counter the previous type made, the Earthmovers were the last Machines put into full production before the New Peace set in, but V1 was still in development at that time. V1 was expressly made to counter and destroy the Earthmovers. And if the Long Night and New Peace hadn’t come. There would’ve been entire *armies* of V1s ravaging the world.

[@xandercrosby3757]

The earthmovers are giant fortresses, you don't destroy a fortress, you infiltrate them. That would make the counter to a city leveling kaiju, a murder robot ninja with infinite stamina, if V1 had made it to full production, the counter to it likely would have been the hardest ultrakill boss, so far or to be added, probably a Flying Bayonet wielding robot with its lower torso having deployable drones that double as shields and swords, ergo a robot gabriel, or a robot sisyphus prime.

[@zeropoint7051]

it doesn't attack you- it ignores you you're an insignificant little fucker in its eyes... but you aren't for long edit: hi! please stop replying to me with things i already know. thank you!

[@TheThunderGod69]

"ITS IN MY FUCKING SKIN"

[@steve-l4q6i]

"UNAUTHORIZED SCRAPYARD MATERIAL IS IN MY OWN FLESH GET IT OUT GET IT OUT GET IT OUT

[@Ultrakrill2411]

THERE ARE V1S UNDER YOUR SKIN THERE ARE V1S UNDER YOUR SKIN DIG THEM OUT DIG THEM OUT

[@kakirin]

"IT CRAWLED IN MY FUCKING CRANIUM GET IT OUT GET IT OUT GET IT OUT GET IT OUT "

[@faardbalsa]

GET IT ALL OUT PEEL OFF YOUR SKIN YOU DONT NEED IT EMBRACE THE SKINLESS FLESH AUTOMATON YOU MUST BECOME

[@Kajlj5000real]

​@@kakirin"SHIT SHIT SHIT ACTIVATE THE FLOOD"

[@Himersos]

Now seeing this, Pressure wasn't lying about their Ultrakill inspiration

[@grancoast]

pressure and ultrakill fans being introduced to one another via war without reason and search party is awesome imo

[@Omnidimensial]

@@grancoastw pfp

[@ceoallegedly]

The bridge that connects them both is Gianni matragano (voice of that anglerfish and Gabriel)

[@Himersos]

@ fr

[@Candy20982]

me playing pressure: Search party: oh cool song me knowing its a reference: Hmm me playing ulltrakill: War Without reason: oh cool song

[@beelzebub1389]

violence ending with the last war machine ever created by man is really poetic

[@toymaster4041]

Probablt not, partially because of the theory that V1 was designed specifically to kill this thing, but also because V1 and V2 were listed as having never entered mass production, while there are enough of this thing to have put enough soot into the sky to completely block out the sun.

[@trevorquacks7371]

Second to last actually, v1 was the last one

[@beelzebub1389]

yea but v1 was never actually mass produced, only one model exists of him@@trevorquacks7371

[@Content_Deleted]

Yep

[@BedirKhan]

​@@trevorquacks7371 I guess you could say the last mass produced war machine since V1 never made it to production

[@Traynack]

The devs really said "You see that thing off in the distance? You're going to kill it." And I'm all for it

[@a_soulspark]

yeah, reminded me of Corpse of Minos in Lust... but now it's Shadow of the Colossus?! I love it

[@reverie314]

wouldnt be the first time

[@FireFusionYT_0]

He pulled a Minos No.2 lmao

[@armaldoaster97]

Mechonis Vibes honestly

[@corvusgaming2379]

First time I saw it, I said "God I wanna fight it." My pleasant surprise in 7-4:

[@trbz_8745]

Guttermen and Guttertanks: "You're just a cheap fucking knockoff" V1: "Oh no no no. I'm the upgrade."

[@jetex1911]

*points to the Earthmover* "Old and Busted" *points at self* "New Hotness"

[@infamoussoapconsumer3870]

The machines watching in horror as V1 throws money in the air:

[@BoinguMcGoingu]

@@infamoussoapconsumer3870”NOTHING BUT SCRAP!!” the spare coins in my pocket:

[@reality3968]

@@infamoussoapconsumer3870 V1 be thinking he's mister beast

[@ForgetfulJRO9]

The boys reference 🗣️🔥

[@Palpinator225]

One of my favourite parts about this song I haven’t seen mentioned is the desperate gasps of pianos and chorus’ and other acoustic instruments, as a demonstration of humanities struggle to exist against their own creation. With them getting one final chorus at the end being a key detail I LOVE

[@turingsghost]

i like the usage of the Amen Break as sort of the audio-signature of the machines. even though the rest of the soundtrack is sampling-heavy because it's trying to emulate MOD trackers, the amen break is just... the most sample-y sample. it's been associated with sampling for such a long period that it has this connotation of itself being part-machine, the way it gets pitch-bent until the sampling rate is audible, the error-like drumrolls and repeats associated with Amiga tracking. it's been transformed into artifice, no longer a recording of a drum solo by G.C. Coleman, it's a tool, a 7-second machine of war. the whole thing is metaphorical fire

[@fresh9530]

hardest comment I've read this year

[@ata_raxis]

this goes hard as fuck in that context

[@HollyBunnySilly]

This is so fucking good like holy shit

[@ixams]

my dude got the blessing of hakita

[@kanddyy]

i like your funny words magic man

[@Aransu]

one detail i haven't seen anyone mention yet is that the earthmovers are in a desert with flames falling from the sky, which is the third ring of hell in Dante's Inferno. the third ring of the violence layer is supposed to be for those who have committed acts of violence against god. the earthmovers were seen as acts of violence against god himself.

[@ultrafun2227]

Violence against God, Nature and Art. Earthmovers turned the surface of Earth into uninhabitable wasteland with no flora or fauna.

[@ultrafun2227]

@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG not really. More like they are the punishment for the creators of them (who are definitely in the 3rd circle of Violence).

[@Aransu]

@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToG we still don't know if the earthmovers are sentient in the same way v1 is, but it's definitely a possibility. we'll probably wave to wait until the rest of act 3 to get more context.

[@thebemisman1388]

Well don’t forget it is also for sins against nature, which in the terminal entry it is stated that the creation of these Benjamins let to the “long night”

[@Aransu]

​@@thebemisman1388 that's a fair point, but the earthmover being being bound to the sand is a lot closer to the punishment for violence against god in dante's inferno (lying face up on the burning sand), than it is to the punishment for the violent against nature (running in circles). though, it isn't like the ultrakill universe is 1 to 1 with dante's inferno, so i suppose it's just up to interpretation for now.

[@Tal-br7ht]

I like the fact that the design of Earthmover is a horse, with a city of humans "riding" on it's back. The war weapon that blotted out the sun, brought cities to ashes, and nearly drove humans to extinction was a horse. And on it's back were the riders that could have been watching the end of days. Horsemen of the apocalypse if you will.

[@konstralit2105]

IT IS A WAR GIRAFFE

[@gogodogodo3283]

Benjamin is a giraffe

[@Dinoman972]

And other people already noticed this, but combined with the lightning arm on its head it brings to mind a centaur, a creature responsible for punishing the sinners of the first sub-section of Violence (7-2 in this game)

[@Adbrandrealtrustme]

@@Dinoman972 It goes deeper than that. The 1000 in 1000-THR can be translated to "Sen" in japanese(I think lmao). The THR means THoR. Combine both, you get: SenTHoR - Centaur.

[@TEVVZ]

@@Adbrandrealtrustmequite literally is the centaur

[@guwues]

i love how some of the drums sound like mechanical slamming and crushing, really fits the boss

[@nopenope6150]

Expanding somewhat on the idea that V1 was made to kill Earthmovers: Every major boss before this point had one thing in common: they were teased beforehand, showed up in dramatic fashion, and *then* their health bar appears at the top when the fight actually begins and you can begin to damage it. The Earthmover's healthbar appears the literal *instant* V1 lays its eyes on it. Before the Earthmover even notices V1 and aims its lightning lance at it, V1's systems have already decided: *this thing needs to die.* Could be unintentional, but damn is that cool.

[@witherr]

dude i never noticed that. thats so sick

[@Aghrags]

That makes more sense because V1 was *built* to destroy this thing.

[@chrisheartman9263]

Gabe gets extra teased, you get a lot of lore and bits and pieces of him and what he did since fucking Limbo. I feel like Violence is the first layer without a direct mention towards him.

[@LYMOZ.]

If it is I think it's really vague. V1 could indeed be created to dominate any other machine, after all IT was the one who descended to hell willingly after mankind died, but specifically earthmovers? Not sure EDIT: Nevermind he was totally meant to fucking dominate these things

[@iamheavyweaponsguy2831]

Maybe that's why V1 was so short?

[@randomlittleidot]

the only flaw in this level? how in the fuck will hakita be able to top this in the final 2 layers?

[@graycatsaderow]

Even bigger machine

[@anhilo9716]

"How the fuck will Hakita be able to top this in the final act?" -Everyone after P-2

[@thedoritosshiba0204]

​@@anhilo9716"Ah. That's how." - Everyone after Treachery

[@robloxbot6004]

He will know what to do

[@DemopanTF2]

He does what he does best: create something that only few people have thought of (probably based on Dante's Inferno in some way. The Earthmover is based on the Centaurs, who were guardians in Violence)

[@metalurgent]

This boss is a really good example of the storytelling theory Chekhov-s Gun. To the theory into context, if you put a giant robot in the background of the first few levels, you sure as hell better let me kill it in the final level

[@KendoKetsu]

There have been a ton of these all throughout the game as well. Swordsmachine, Cerberi, V2, Gabriel, Minos, The Pyramid of Greed, Sisyphus, The Ferryman, The Ship of Fools, The Leviathan and the M̶i̶n̶o̶t̶a̶u̶r̶ all follow this principal as well, and it seems to be working great, not to even mention the weapons and arms being literal Chekov's guns.

[@metalurgent]

@KendoKetsu Hakita does a really good job of saying "yes the enemy has that weapon. But what if I told you you could have it too?" Which is why I wouldn't be surprised if the alternate weapon in 7-1 is a mini gun because it's literally guarded by guttermen

[@Hebgry]

@@metalurgentwe already have alternate minigun though

[@Hebgry]

@@raccoon1302 yeah but i’m saying one of those two is the minigun already is it not

[@busterblock25]

Considering mines are placeavle in sandbox, and the pattern of alts skipping weapons and whatnot, i feel itll be an alt rocket launcher that fires mines

[@Grey-The-Skeleton]

Not only is the second Earthmover now damned to an eternity devoid of conflict, but it also has to live with the fear of knowing the only thing capable of killing it could be out there. Anywhere. Forever. Yet it will never come, because we have bigger fish to fry.

[@RobsonCosta-p3v]

Size 2 fish 😨

[@Grey-The-Skeleton]

@RobsonCosta-p3v Size 2 Prime for P-3, mark my words

[@user-fr4hg8md5p]

Challenge: Beat the secret encounter

[@Grey-The-Skeleton]

@@user-fr4hg8md5p Unbelievably raw

[@pepperlonelypizza22]

I love how V1's first instinct when it sees this giant fuckin behemoth is "kill". No strategy, either, just run at it. And it works

[@majimaweed]

Makes sense considering V1 was probably built specifically to dunk on Benjamin

[@blamgit]

​@@majimaweedwho knows what was made to counter v1

[@forgedabauditt9955]

​@@blamgit Well V1 was never actually used in the war or shown off, there is no V1 counter

[@eniomanoelscheffer]

​@@forgedabauditt9955 Nlg if you had put a "yet" in the end it would be bone chilling

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@eniomanoelschefferbone chilling Bing Chilling 🥶🍦

[@MrNewVegas436]

I love that, in the opening of the fight, as SOON as the earthmover sees you it's ready to destroy you, as if it already knows that you're the machine designed to kill it

[@estenslop]

because you are. in the terminal entry for the earthmover, it talks about how machines were being made to one up each other, with every machine being madeto counter the last. the earthmovers were shortly before the end of the war, and v1 was about to be made when the war ended. so, in all likelihood, you were designed to take down earthmovers. i also think its important to note that there are a whole 3 non-machine enemies, and they are all demons, meaning no husks. humanity literally couldn’t do anything about earthmovers, and couldnt even get on them, much less kill them, and they still cant as husks in hell.

[@robinvmars6191]

No wonder either, like V1 is just using construction equipment and weapons that made it into Hell. Imagine how easy it'd be during the war, with readily available armament and without things being spawned in by hell magic, for V1 to just sneak into the core and blast it. V1's energy-to destruction efficiency is terrifying

[@MrNewVegas436]

I mean that's what it's made for, man's is good as his job@@robinvmars6191

[@collectiusindefinitus6935]

@@robinvmars6191 I do think a V1 during the war would have a harder time, as it'll be up against a coordinated security team and not haphazard inhabitants of hell, and the earthmover wouldn't be immobilised nor would part of it's laser grid not function. Then again, in the war, there would be more than one V1.

[@MageBurger]

@@collectiusindefinitus6935V1 already got this far, having tore through almost 7 full layers of hell at this point. Funny to think that humanity was planning to make more. Imagine if they did… it would just be… memes… everywhere…!

[@ethan1145]

The music goes unbelievably hard, the Earthmovers design goes unbelievably hard, I'm unbelievably hard, truly this is game of the decade.

[@freddosharpener]

You're hard ? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🫣🫣🫣🫣🤨🤨🫣🫣🫣

[@pabloe228]

you're what

[@Xakaion]

@@pabloe228you heard him, he's UNBELIEVABLY hard.

[@WsKaras]

Benjamin.

[@freddosharpener]

I'd be hard too if I saw Benjamin.

[@BananaQuillaBonfire]

its made super obvious that there are multiple earthmovers, so the one we fight got the biggest "fuck you in particular" in machine history

[@Terasenai]

literally met the thing that was literally designed to kill earthmovers

[@BananaQuillaBonfire]

@@Terasenai i heavily doubt v1 will fight an earthmover again, remember v1 couldn't kill them on earth because the prototype was finished after the war ended am i wrong?

[@V2_maquina_suprema]

The cockroach inside my pc on his way to take a shit on the motherboard

[@bruhgod123]

dont worry if a cockroach crawls into your PC boot up skyrim with 500 sex mods to get rid of the cockroach

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@bruhgod123death by nuclear fusion

[@demomantf2476]

​@@bruhgod123is one of the mods powered by a fucking necromancer?

[@moeck7342]

@@bruhgod123 worked, thanks

[@PunkletonGuy]

the pc user is the defense system

[@necron8992]

My favorite detail is that most of the explosions in the level are projectiles hitting the shield, and if you railgun-zoom into where they're coming from you can see another Earthmover facing the one we are on. They are having a duel

[@SteveG-SM]

V1: Am I interrupting something here?

[@Cartoteka]

The Earthmover you killing tried to kill V-1 at the beginning of the level. And only the miracle, the railgun of another Earthmover saved V-1's life.

[@Loading77777]

@@Cartotekayes, but V1 woulda tanked that shit

[@Cartoteka]

@@Loading77777 yeah, he could easily parry it.

[@bloorb0569]

The Earthmover also has a plushie on its back right? Now we know why they're fighting too!

[@Hadfield15]

The Earthmover was such an insane bossfight, it’s unlike anything we’ve experienced yet! I especially loved the end where we had to escape like it was the end of a Metroid game!

[@1stflower834]

have you got a nice life? edit: it's just a band reference ok 💀

[@Hadfield15]

@@1stflower834yes, I do. I’m enjoying my time in University, and having a lot of fun with friends and this game. Why do you ask? Edit: LMAO, I’m sorry I misunderstood 😂

[@lonelyshpee7873]

1000 is M in Latin numerals. 1000-THR stands for M-THR. When you fight its core, you're fighting M-THR's Brain. It _is_ a Metroid reference! Edit: IT'S NOT. AT LEAST NOT THE NAME. I WAS WRONG AND HAKITA CORRECTED ME ON DISCORD. 1000 = SEN IN JAPANESE. SEN-THR = CENTAUR. THE THR IS ALSO THOR BECAUSE IT THROWS LIGHTNING. I'M SORRY.

[@armaldoaster97]

@@lonelyshpee7873 Kinda felt Kirby vibes like i was fighting the OS System and Galactic Nova Core at some points too which was cool

[@lentencraft]

@@lonelyshpee7873 ooooooooo. thats dope

[@DylanMcdonald-e6v]

machines have been fighting for so long they have forgotten what they are fighting for. truly a war without reason.

[@jan_Itan]

Notice how this track is exactly 120 BPM so it can be perfectly timed to the critical failure countdown at the end. Just another example of the immense effort and detail put into this game.

[@senorchelestor2099]

120 is also just the most common bpm in music. Could be a coincidence but I'm all for Hakita getting credit lol

[@1000-THR_-EARTHMOVER-]

even the subway surfers theme

[@graycatsaderow]

you could also do cpr to this

[@Samstar369]

@@1000-THR_-EARTHMOVER- Great. Now I imagine music rip channels like SiivaGunner will make a Subway Surfer fusion with this. I literally did a little portion of this in my head lmao

[@PenMaster9115]

Someone actually mixed Versus and Megalovania (Both also 120 BPM!)

[@noobyish]

the "go inside a giant robot and destroy it from the inside-out" trope is one of my favorites in gaming and hakita did it more than justice. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS LEVEL

[@morrezra]

So kirby

[@maximeleninja4029]

We all love the BOTW reference.

[@camoking3609]

​@maximeleninja4029 huh, this thing does kinda look like Vah Naboris now that I'm thinking about it, it even has the lightning cannon

[@maximeleninja4029]

@@camoking3609 Yeah that's also what I was thinking when I saw it for the first time.

[@josephdavison4189]

Thunderblight Gabriel:

[@kryptgmd]

I love how this level makes you feel as though you are running on raw instinct. Without initially knowing how to take down the Earthmover as the player, you still feel almost guided towards the machine’s vulnerable core. You become V1, a machine living solely on one instinct alone: to defeat the Earthmover.

[@da_bloodytanktf5348]

You just described the entirety of half life 1 Games that relies on your intelligence to figure something out rather than guide you with crappy text every second or arrows or cutscenes are the pinnacle of level design. You don't know what to do but Hakita laid the foundation on you to know by buildup/lightning/enemy spawns and you instinctively know.

[@wakreel]

simply good level-design

[@CptDoot]

terminals imply that V1 was a prototype to actually destroy earthmovers, as earthmovers were the last robot to be _majorly manufactured_ before the Great Peace. V1 (or i guess the 'V' series) Terminals tell us that each robot was essentially only made to counter the last.

[@gratefulgamer7907]

@@CptDoot a slim, fast, bloodthirsty robot that sustains itself through continuous combat is quite a force to be reckoned with.

[@FardNutzDeluxe]

Becoming V1 is when you follow the glowing orbs

[@Your_local_reaper_leviathan]

It's a bit of a theory, but I believe book in 7-4 actually talks about V1 in at least some verses if not whole. Of course, first we have to assume that since V1 was built in the last years of the final war, as such it was not only built to kill earthmovers, but also built on a back of the earthmover, because it was the safest place, hence making some verses possible metaphors For an instance, since the People who did not live on the backs of earthmovers were killed by eathmovers, you could say that "MAN (kind) WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE WHEELS OF A MACHINE (earthmovers) CREATED TO CREATE THE MACHINE (V1) TO CRUSH THE MACHINE (earthmovers) - a metaphor how even in end, earthmovers were meant to be just another step in the war, not the climax. "A MACHINE BUILT TO END THE WAR IS ALWAYS A MACHINE BUILT TO CONTINUE WAR" - could have multiple meanings "YOU WERE BEYOND YOUR CREATORS, YOU REACHED FOR GOD" - possibly a metaphor how V1 was advanced enough to be a threat to all things divine. "NONE WERE LEFT TO SPEAK YOUR EULOGY" - A metaphor on how during the new peace no one were left to "speak" of violence, or V1's /Violence's eulogy "NO FINAL WORDS, NO CONCLUDING STATEMENT, NO POINT" - terminal entry of earthmover mentions how even though everyone expected the war to end with a boom, it ended in a silence, as the last earthmover died, this could be a metaphor on how V1 never got to act, or how hell itself felt dissapointed with the final war And finally "THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IT SHOULD HAVE ENDED" - Which, because earthmover Exploded after V1 killed it, could mean how Hell craved to witness V1 kill all, ending a war with a "boom" of the earthmovers, instead of the new peace being estabilished.

[@StickBreightley]

This is not a theory, this is literally just what happens

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Okay, I love the thing about Hell wanting the war to end with an explosion yet was disappointed by the establishment of peace at the end before humanity died out completely because it is a POWER MOVE somehow by humanity, Lmfao. Even after all that planetary destruction and killing each other, they still managed to somehow establish the littlest bit of peace between each other before going out for real. This display of events shows how despite the unitary destruction caused by humanity just by existing and reacting, they’re also STILL capable of somewhat fixing things or at least chilling even before imminent death. Feels a lot more nuanced that way.

[@StickBreightley]

@ You make it sound like the peace only lasted for a moment but it was a pretty significant amount of time. We don’t know how long for sure but we know via the streetcleaner terminals that the climate was somehow repaired and the Prime Sanctum terminals talk about the Hell expeditions throigh the eyes of a big corporation, all signs point to the New Peace being a fullon comeback for humanity, not a brief second wind like you’re describing.

[@justarandomskull]

thank GOD hakita, for not making this a V machine boss, instead, he did something Completely unexpected and beyond all of our expectatives, best non-prime soul boss so far

[@MageBurger]

This layer honestly feels like a redux of Lust. Book lore, city structures, massive detailed Skyboxes and even a Titan enemy teased in earlier levels, except everything is done better and much larger. Heck, Lust is the only other layer I’m aware of with trams, and Violence has a heck of a lot more of them!

[@Gears_AndGrinds]

Now we just have to wait to see if hakita doesn't mess up the boss with the gold arm

[@disc1142]

@@Gears_AndGrinds if it ends up being gabriel's arm would that mean there is more for ultrakill after act 3?

[@KonnivA]

@@disc1142 p3

[@BenjaminUltrakill]

@@disc1142P-3

[@corneliusocachorromanteiga5931]

just imagine how terrifying this must be if you're just a normal human fighting in the war

[@nuts2651]

By the point Earthmovers made their presence known on the battlefield, the usual human soldiers were already home as they became useless the moment the second phase of the final war began.

[@ldkWhatToWriteHere]

​​@@nuts2651Weren't earthmovers made after the surface of earth became inhospitable, to serve as moving cities of sorts? If so, then there would really be nobody out there in the field

[@SkyShrimp_]

@@ldkWhatToWriteHere well no, the earthmovers were the things that made the surface of earth inhospitable. and then due to that people had to start building settlements on top of them, because it was the only place where they could theoretically live safely from the other earthmovers. Human soilders became irrelevant the moment the first blood fueled robots entered the battle field.

[@Forklift_Enthusiast12]

Pretty sure the regular humans were phased out by the time they had giant robots

[@cycy8699]

then imagine seeing it getting systematically broken from the inside out by a lil gopro

[@TheGreatGalactic]

People have probably noticed this already, but I think the thunder we hear in 7-2 and 7-3 is most probably the sound of Railgun fire from one of these behemoths

[@PolarUnix]

i didnt even realize that, damn and i thought it was just the weather

[@LonderwOo0]

it is

[@S-ACV]

what railguns?

[@TheGreatGalactic]

@@S-ACV brotha, the big ass attacks it does when shooting the other EarthMover

[@PolarUnix]

​@@S-ACV the arm of the earth mover

[@Happy_girlbff1]

Damn when they said Search Party from Pressure was inspired by this they weren't kidding!

[@admiralfurret]

V1 was specificly made to counter earthmover, yet the earthmovers weren't really knowing that one might arrive. When we enter the level, the earthmover yell is the loudest ,,oh shit" scream a machine cpuld make. Not only because the v1 arrived But also its in front of him

[@antidepressantpills]

“Earthmover. The V1 is here” “Oh shit.”

[@MageBurger]

That moment when you see a tiny dragon-fly winged tarantula chihuahua amalgam sitting 2 inches in front of your feet.

[@nobu6833]

THREAT DETECTED: V MODEL 1 THREAT LEVEL: VERY LETHAL [HIGH RISK OF IMMINENT SYSTEM ERADICATION] CHANGING TARGET PRIORITIES...

[@cewla3348]

@@MageBurger that moment when the theoretical super-insanely deadly wasps show up

[@rnaodmsomething]

"huh whats that small blue ass thi- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" *readies electric laser*

[@SpiderEnjoyer]

Something I realised when reading the terminals, the earthmovers were described as having "died" due to a lack of sunlight. That means some machines (at least the earthmovers) didn't invade hell, they are litteraly here because it's the afterlife. I'd say it's not V1's case as you can litterally play it breaking into hell, but other machines could be there after death instead of invading, that's pretty cool.

[@ashyunderscorealt95]

As some others have implied, it's also entirely possible these are just Hell's recreations as it seems to find it the zenith of War, the perfect creation for nonsensical killing.

[@MysteryKar]

@@ashyunderscorealt95 personally i think "dead" machines going to the layer of violence is way cooler than just hell recreating them, and since theres no evidence to the contrary im gonna believe it

[@MossMothMyBeloved]

@@ashyunderscorealt95 I love how Hell picks favorites and draws inspiration from mankind like its some sort of art form. Oddly sinister, oddly cute?

[@dr.cheeze5382]

​​​@@MossMothMyBeloved Makes me wonder if "Hell Itself" will be an actual character on-screen rather then just being alluded to in text logs. Maybe even a boss.

[@thomasgamer4000]

@@dr.cheeze5382 satan, either before or after trachery gabriel

[@skinnyjeanis7177]

This boss fight slapped like a fully loaded semi, "worth the wait" is a massive understatement. If killing the corpse of Minos or the Leviathan didn't make you feel unstoppable, this absolutely should.

[@Chicken-bu1tw]

this boi is a level. he isnt apart of the level. he is the level. although not a layer like king minos. its alteast cooler

[@ariesdragonproductions]

@@Chicken-bu1twGluttony technically isn't the inside of the corpse of king minos. As hakita said, gluttony is kinda his insides but at the same time also just more of hell.

[@harmonyvtolvr]

I think the scariest thing about this fight (for the Earthmover) is that, from what we know, V1 was specifically designed to counter to Earthmovers.

[@skinnyjeanis7177]

@@harmonyvtolvr well, we countered the fr*ck out of that last earthmover, didn't we?

[@apotatolmao]

the leviathan is an earthworm compared to this thing lmao

[@TimesNewChoco]

ive never had a more stunning moment than gazing up at the machine like willam dafoe and being hit with the realisation that this titanic beast *is* the level

[@TheThirty]

it feels a bit strange that im saying this, but this entire layer added so much humanity to the game's lore. both the guttertanks and the earthmovers were made by two entirely different countries (germany and japan respectively), meaning that this war wasn't just limited to one specific area or region. it was worldwide. we also got so much more information on the final war as well. there was a world before this, and V1 is living in its remnants.

[@lnlproductions8412]

wait where'd you get that germany and japan tidbit from

[@TheThirty]

@@lnlproductions8412 on the earthmover in 7-4, right before you go up a ladder that leads to two soldiers on a ledge, there's a sign on the earthmover that's written in japanese. there are also a few other japanese signs seen on the machine too. the guttertanks have the words "FAUST PANZER" on them, which when translated from german, says "FIST TANK." this heavily implies that the earthmovers were constructed in japan, and the guttertanks were constructed in germany.

[@RanDoomPuff]

the gutterman is also russian

[@psychoblagger]

I think an interesting theory is that different countries all used Earthmovers and modified them specially,for example: The Japanese earthmover we fight clearly targets another earthmover (vice versa really) and uses seemingly a different laser projectile: The Japanese lightning bolt is powerful,gigantic and contains electricity. Whereas the opposing Earthmover’s lightning bolt is much more narrow and concentrated,consisting less of energy and just pure electricity. We also never see the Earthmover’s in 7-2 “LIGHT UP THE NIGHT” fighting one another - implying that they were made alongside each other or were allied in a way. As for Guttermen,I think it’s safe to say they are purely German “machines” as we never see any other symbols or infighting. We’re not sure where the gutter tanks really came from but it’s likely they were another weapon commonly used by each country. Assuming this war started much like WW1 (which is very very likely due to trench warfare and the dates lining up) then the Axis - very unfortunately - seemed to be winning.

[@kakirin]

@@RanDoomPuff i think the new machines imply different alliances during the final war. Hakita talked about how, for the lore before the game starts, implying stuff and keeping it vague allows him to tell a story at a global scale without getting into name vomits of different companies and countries

[@bruhfoot8450]

I almost cried when V2 came in and said “They’re all fighting a war… without a reason” to V1, truly a war moment

[@МаксимУстинов-о3н]

I fucking hate that overused joke

[@lasagna2303]

​@@МаксимУстинов-о3нi fucking love that overused joke

[@EEE-do3eu]

@@lasagna2303same

[@DanielSooSchway]

I loved it when we saw the blood splatter of V2 from Greed turn into a blood version of V2 at 7-3 and fight us until the blood dried up, it's definitely a real thing and I'm not delusional or coping

[@Roofywastaken]

You can either thank or hate Morbious for this joke to become overused

[@ladystarfire]

Shoutout to songs that use emergency alarms in their composition gotta be one of my favourite genders

[@psychobuff5434]

Pandemonium in p-2🔥🔥

[@dylanmontero6432]

They're alarmingly good

[@xerenox.]

​@@dylanmontero6432 🚨

[@FUNKY_KETCHUP]

​@@dylanmontero6432📢📢📢

[@Mnap]

genders? 🔥

[@andrewgreen5955]

I love how at 6:00 it truly encapsulates the sheer panic in this behemoth, the complete and utter realization that it never had a chance in the first place and has finally completed its purpose. To continue war

[@crystalking2468]

I love this track because of its use of a slower drum beat instead of the standard amen break really lets you appreciate it more and promotes it from "background instrument" to "leading rhythm"

[@jackdillon7485]

I hate to do this to you but it’s just a slowed amen break

[@ihate_literallyeverything]

@@jackdillon7485 hes refering to the higher pitch faster amen breaks from the other songs

[@bingevilla]

it sounds slow yet destructive, very fitting for the absolute beast we're going up against

[@Vampire_EGirl]

my fav part has to be the part where haktia incorporated an alarm sound into this track

[@LR110Td5]

an inevitable march of leveling destruction, very fitting for the Earthmover

[@deepsoft7829]

Skipping over the (not) requiem leitmotiff (because it was already pointed out a lot, it's a banger), I love how the first part is a variation of "The complete and utter destruction of senses", mirroring the presence of Streetcleaners. I guess TCAUDOS is their official theme at this point.

[@yurifairy2969]

Destruction of the senses getting a reference is so cool, that's one of my favs.

[@deepsoft7829]

@@yurifairy2969Same here, lad

[@OpiatesEnjoyer1984]

i think at this point this typa tracks are specific to earth-made machines. maybe hakita wants us to think that earth was extremely industrialized and dependent on machines before falling

[@Adbrandrealtrustme]

Earthmover (A Complete And Utter Destruction Of The Senses)

[@SomeKindaSpy]

It was. read the lore.@@OpiatesEnjoyer1984

[@toaster9922]

Imagine being one of those people, living in the shantytowns built on the back of the machine that scorched the entire planet, as it's locked in a stalemate with another one miles away, hurling lightning bolts at their target but never hitting one another like soldiers taking shots at the enemy trench. You don't know who the people are on the other Earthmover, you don't know why you're even fighting eachother. Nobody is. The war had been going on for two centuries at this point and any reason for why it started is lost to time. There have been generations born who only know war, there might have been some born on the earthmover itself who don't even know what solid ground is like. You don't know if the stalemate will end or the war will finish before what little resources remain on the back of the Earthmover eventually deplete, and the last humans die out in confusion and fear.

[@misterpootis123]

and imagine your last moments being like 15 seconds of alarm noises before v1 obliterates you

[@maxleavitt8199]

@@misterpootis123I’d just be happy to die at that point

[@sledger2066]

e

[@lunaticalgideon]

It was a *War Without Reason.*

[@ExactlySandwich]

The idea of the Final War having a bookends, starting with trench warfare and ending with the same thing but massively upscaled, tickles my writer brain in a way I can't put into words

[@bigguy4943]

I can really see where pressure got their inspiration from, ultrakill music is bangin

[@VK20-o9l]

It’s cuz I think the owner or dev is from ultrakill

[@mayoboi0120]

@@VK20-o9lSebastian has the same VA as Gabriel

[@doeeeg]

@@VK20-o9l no

[@vlad980]

​@@VK20-o9lno?

[@MySnugglePuppy]

@@VK20-o9l No, just inspired.

[@theonlybeefybarbarian]

V2 might’ve been your equal. But this thing was your purpose.

[@ironbrw3467]

War may have been without reason for Man, but you were FORGED to bring this thing death.

[@lolhuh6682]

Gabriel is your actual rival in this game from a story purpose. V2 is your sister.

[@mirrorkirby123]

@@lolhuh6682 Or brother, or sibling, we don't know V2's gender and/or pronouns.

[@lolhuh6682]

@@mirrorkirby123 Hakita has stated referring to V2 with feminine pronouns is based and redpilled so I am taking that approach

[@mirrorkirby123]

@@lolhuh6682 oh! I didn't know that, my bad.

[@DamageMaximo]

The scale of the Earthmover is so insane, if we thought killing the corpse of King Minos and the Leviathan was insane, just wait until you get to Act 3

[@Desired_Dawn]

one colossal enemy for each layer

[@matthiass._.]

It's probably the best giant boss I've ever played honestly.

[@apotatolmao]

ive said this before, but the leviathan is an earthworm and the corpse of King Minos is a todler compared to this thing

[@blehh_mae]

its so big that the enemy/level has 2 loading zones, the neck and head arena only loads in when you get past the defense system

[@beaniewearingbastard3125]

Still smaller than a Size 2 Fish.

[@cheeto1327]

For some reason, this song feels so natural its place in Ultrakill. Using subtle motifs, familiar Amen Breaks, and previously used instruments, it cements its place in Ultrakill as one of the most memorable in-game levels and songs. Something I have drawn to myself, and have confirmed through reading some of these other comments, is that quoting lore entries about the guttermen and guttertanks, the whole war was an arms race, with new robots being built to combat the last, ending in the earthmover. However, V1 was never put into mass production before the end of the war, meaning he was specifically designed to destroy these things. The way the music so magnificently plays into this is stunning, and the reason it feels so natural and familiar in its place in the game is because it was written to. This is V1's purpose, and for that reason, he should know exactly how to destroy these things, while drawing not only from his preprogrammed knowledge about the earthmovers, but his past experiences with large targets, like the Corpse of King Minos, and powerful enemies in general. Well done, Hakita, well done.

[@meep3899]

and also due to good level design, you AUTOMATICALLY know what to do. like seriously you DONT need guidance to know where to go, the level design just points you towards it, as if your sole goal in life was to kill it oh right thats THE PLAYER CHARACTER'S MAIN PURPOSE

[@ElectroTiger]

I recently got studio headphones so that I could start music production. Listening to this with these headphones was something else. This *genuinely* brought a tear to my eye. Nothing like this has done this before. Hakita, you've got an **amazing** talent. You've created a masterpiece.

[@GaussTheWarframe]

His ability to create peak breakcore is FUCKING AMAZING

[@redguydhmis]

I love how in the ultrakill universe the nuclear bomb was never invented but they managed to make something even worse

[@Taha_A]

Stalker sandcastle (you're right but it's the closest thing to a HYDROGEN bobm (yeah it's weak compared to our bombs)):

[@OTNAJ11]

invincible stalker

[@iqbalsparu0507]

Thing is, that's probably what would happen if the nuke wasn't invented. Without nuclear weapon we would be far worse. One of the reasons we haven't had a WW3 because both sides are afraid of nuclear retaliation. Remove that deterrent and we'd have conventional world war daily, and with that pushes even worse stuff because of the never-ending arms-race. Which then it makes sense why weapon technology advanced so far ahead in Ultrakill lore.

[@BoqziCngToolBoqx]

@@iqbalsparu0507 existential dread

[@johnwicked1132]

@@iqbalsparu0507 They also had 200 years to do so

[@omnivorxe]

Hakita really just putting things out there that can destroy humanity within minutes, probably take over planets, have some of the most hardest and challenging security systems to get through, and just says “ok you got this”

[@ghotiphoti]

the enemy logs for the Guttertank and V2-1 heavily imply that this is the thing V1 was designed to take down. honestly this was the perfect finale for the layer made to demonstrate humanity's monstrous capacity for infinite cruelty. this and the Gutterman being the inspiration for Hell itself to create the Mannequins you first encounter in the Garden of Forking Paths.

[@PersonstuckinMichigan]

@@ghotiphoti Humanity was making stuff and hell took notes lol

[@GreatNaturalStupidity]

Not only that, but from the top comments, it seems that not only V1 had this, but was specifically been made for *this*

[@abrupta]

@@GreatNaturalStupidity Guess that that's why it was so easy for him

[@malfolin]

And yes we got this, even doing it fast now with Lobotomy%

[@engineerismonke4059]

So the supreme machines are just Red boi Blue boi War llama

[@Teacup44]

fr.

[@carlosbustos8096]

Maybe there are more. Imagine some angelxdemonxmachine thing.

[@thereallemon429]

​@@carlosbustos8096 wouldn't that also be like a fountain or ships?

[@darkfllame]

we all know it's the terminals...

[@britishteaenjoyer843]

It's not a war Llama it's the final boss of boston dynamics

[@jerxrys]

took me a while to realize this, but i love the attention to detail with how the emergency alert sound completely starts and syncs with the current time of the soundtrack (4:00) and even more that the alerts also sync second after second hakita really is a musical genius

[@jambles3752]

My favourite part of this level is the fact that when you start it, the Earthmover is just THERE. No intro, no buildup (in the level), its just there, as if Hakita said “Yeah. That thing’s the boss. Go kill it.” Wow this really hit 4k likes. Thanks everyone🙏

[@twerpsthree4562]

the buildup was in previous levels! You first see some off in the distance in 7-2, and then in 7-3 as you near the end you can see one in specific standing tall and still above the level

[@jambles3752]

@@twerpsthree4562 In the level I mean

[@kvazar_void5360]

And also the way his "eyes" blend with the starry sky... I played through the layer streaming to my friend, and when the stars turned red, and we saw that array of white lights, we both were just "oooohhh" @@twerpsthree4562

[@ThuyvanNguyenthi-hw4dz]

That has the same vibe as mgr tutorial like "yea you learn the basic ? Cool go nuts with that giant machine it the boss"

[@Epic_coolguy11037]

The build up was a little similar to corpse of king Minos@@twerpsthree4562

[@Dreigonix]

The whole Violence layer was V1 meeting his robot siblings in as much force as they could muster and asserting: “Yes, I AM still the best robot.”

[@MonCalypso]

I mean V1 quite literally is the best robot, as it was made to counter the Earthmovers. A lot of people have already said why, but I'll add that even V1's unique function of consuming fresh blood to repair itself is the biggest counter to Earthmovers, who themselves are practically the biggest blood banks in the Final War.

[@Dreigonix]

@@MonCalypso Yep!

[@Mike-official]

​@@MonCalypso i mean v1 would've been atomized if not for that other earthmover, and it was already dying because of low power. I'd say v1 only beats earthmover if its launched like guttermen or if it gets lucky like this time. Other than that if it can aim properly, then v1s easily outmatched if not then v1 easily outmatches it.

[@halelolel]

​@@MonCalypsoi think that instead of consuming the earthmovers blood, It just kills the people on its back that live on the city

[@prestoncard6721]

also consider that hadthe V model been put into production, there wouldn't just be 1.

[@enibenni3289]

Was expecting the earthmover's weapon to be somekind of rifle or minigun, getting a GIANT LIGHTNING BEAM THROWER instead is sickk

[@monkeyman4346]

i love how it bends its back and charges it before firing the cannon like its throwing a spear of lightning

[@aydenneovak9240]

That was the best detail of this level in my opinion. The lightning you see in 7-2 isn't just regular lightning from thunderclouds. The sky is lighting up because giant robots are throwing fucking lightning bolts at each other.

[@SomeDemoMain]

@@monkeyman4346 That settles it; the Earthmover is a STR/FTH build

[@Content_Deleted]

The sound of man-made thunder is incredible and surreal, but also terrifying

[@ErickDAces]

I dont think its just a massive spear -- its their equivalent to the railgun. V1's railgun is so bulky because it needs a lot of strength to fire, earthmover's railgun doesn't need one because it already has said power in its arm.

[@RayBlu]

Random kid: It's like search party. Everyone else: +ENRAGED

[@thA_Firelord]

Thats also a link between ultrakill and pressure😔

[@RayBlu]

@@thA_Firelord yeah, but i ment the One in Ultrakill.

[@moonprojecting]

I mean if they say this is the inspiration of search party it's fine

[@RayBlu]

@@moonprojecting yeah, but there's some people that says This was inspired by Search party. Plus, from What I heard Hakita is pretty annoyed by all of this comments

[@moonprojecting]

@@RayBlu if it has anything to do with the developer, it's not good.

[@frizti]

Does the earthmover having a harpoon imply that it was made to catch a size two fish ?

[@toasteroven7683]

Maybe the real size 2 fish is the friends we made along the way

[@basicnodes7029]

​@@toasteroven7683I've seen this same joke a dozen times now and it is not getting any less funny

[@synthetic_creature]

Nah, I think it's for a size 1.5, size 2 is way bigger

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@basicnodes7029maybe the real overused joke was the friends we made along the way

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

So the size 2 fish is the size of a city, got it

[@cameroncurtis7261]

This cover art goes inexplicably hard

[@therandomtransformersanima6236]

The cover art IS the explanation

[@plertains]

absolutely dubious cover art

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

Beeg robot little metal vampire

[@machi7074]

Big Benjamin and Go Pro

[@circle4602]

David vs Goliath kinda cover art

[@frosty_xvix]

This level really showed that it didn't matter what size foe V1 was going against, if it stood in its way, it would be destroyed.

[@Klokslag]

correction if it bleeds it must die From v1's perspective because it's a robot trying to survive

[@abd-animation-22]

Not just that but lore wise Read the terminal Spoiler V1 is actually made specifically to counter earth mover

[@VortexStorm]

wait, when does it say this?@@abd-animation-22

[@abd-animation-22]

@@VortexStorm In the terminal it is implied not directly said

[@marcellvagi8290]

​​@@VortexStorm The earthmovers could only be destroyed from the inside, so to do that you'll need a small, agile, fast machine that can infiltrate and sabotage it easily. And after humanity caused a nuclear winter and the earthmovers shut down, the war was over. Also, the guttertank's lore says that most machines after the guttermen and guttertanks were designed to compete with the ones before them. So V1's creation is between the earthmovers' golden age and the end of the war. It's the perfect machine for the job: fast, agile, adaptable, and can refuel and repair while climbing the earthmovers.

[@eclipsun0716]

part on 5:36 is a definition of words «End of the world»

[@MageBurger]

These cover arts feel far more detailed and have a larger feel than the previous ones, much like the layer itself!

[@CommissarChaotic]

Urkkjkudkkxk I really wanna play this update but I feel kinda scared man, its like I got megalophobia or something...

[@MageBurger]

@@CommissarChaotic if you got past Lust (2-4), I believe in you. Or you can always just play 7-1 and dip. Then again, if your megalophobia extends to Hideous Mass sized entities, then maybe not… eh, there’s your warning.

[@CommissarChaotic]

@@MageBurger I think this megalophobia thing is targeted to big things chasing me... i became unbothered by 2-4, 5-4 was my favourite bossfight, but the insurrectionists make me freeze for like a microsecond if that makes sense especially when they groan.. there wont be like some kinda mass of husks that chase you or even that big thing in the distance right? like later in the levels? regardless... i cant really back down from this... i must see that P in the main menu!...

[@dev4159]

The small city in that giant machine was far more better and detailed than the one in the lust layer, and it's just a texture.

[@MageBurger]

@@CommissarChaotic oh, yeah, DEFINITELY DON’T TOUCH 7-1 THEN. You’ll scream at the end of the level!

[@oofthewall3312]

I think everybody just said "Oh my" as soon as they saw this total behemoth staring down at you.

[@Chalkadoo]

"OH HELL YES I GET TO FIGHT THAT THING!? :D"

[@leodmans]

​@@Chalkadoo literally me every second layer of act

[@IluvTama]

2 Benjamin trying to rail each other with spears

[@tristanmisja]

I for sure did! But I do wish you could've fought it Corpse of Minos-style.

[@EMan-xj5cz]

For me it was more like a AAAAAAAAAAAAAA THAT IS SO COOL throughout the whole level

[@oxyidiot1275]

I just figured out that at the beginning Benjamin wanted to immediately kill you on sight and was charging it's laser, but was stopped by the other Earthmover shooting it. I really like the idea of V1 being the thing that was meant to kill these things, so the idea that it immediately recognized the threat you posed is awesome

[@izzatasupra]

Truly a war without reason between two certain communities

[@Chesse_spell_book]

I wonder what communities are those?!?

[@bobbleheadgoat1077]

​@@Chesse_spell_bookHint: Oceanic Terror for the Young Hint 2: the game this is from

[@Liability2]

Ven Diagram of the ultrakill and murder drones communities ⭕️

[@CelestialSoundsb]

​@@Chesse_spell_bookmachine people and minigame people

[@ПавелГончеров]

Everybody gangsta until hakita adds earthmover as an ordinary enemy

[@Mintyvr282]

Oh god

[@5upertnt_ng73]

"See that thing? Yeah, kill it again, and then quadruple that"

[@kingmidasxynopyt]

P-3 Two of these are fighting each other, they now both target you. To get to the prime soul you have to beat them both.

[@mccrackerthefirst]

It'll be even worse if they can move

[@PolarUnix]

mini earthmover

[@__vic.]

when i think about ultrakill lore, of course i think that humanity has a good technological development, except I DIDN'T expect THIS much. Like, demons were never the real threat, humanity itself was. They really reached a point to build a machine capable of probably destroying whole countries like this. I was hella shocked when I saw this thing, surprised me more than any other grotesque demon or husk there is. This update was crazy in all aspects, lore, gameplay, everything. The scariest thing in ULTRAKILL was never the demons or hell, but humanity.

[@nerobernardino88]

Remember: God gave up and fucked off.

[@watekostile]

Funfact check the lore about the gutterman The way gutter man was made is so fucked up that hell itself took inspiration and made the mannequin

[@unapersona6371]

​@@watekostileAnother fun fact, the final war went around for 200 years and the latest date we've got is 2116, it means that the final war started around the same time as ww1

[@ghotiphoti]

@@unapersona6371 something about the entry for the Earthmover really bugs me too. The last line of the log for it heavily implies that humanity survived the nigh-apocalypse these things caused by existing. I think humanity recovered from the Final War, but something else wiped them out shortly afterwards. We don't have an exact date on the start of the war. What happened between the New Peace and mankind's extinction? */// At the brink of despair, the planet would slowly learn to breathe once more, and the corpses of these titans would serve as a stark reminder of just how close mankind was to an apocalypse by their own hand. ///*

[@LegoSkeleton]

@@ghotiphoti That's the big question isn't it? This is not the first time the new peace/post-war era has been mentioned in the lore, but exactly what happened to end mankind after that has never been explicitly stated I think? The closest I can think of is Minos blaming V1 for the downfall of humanity, which suggest a machine uprising of some kind, but I doubt it's fully that simple.

[@TheSorintist]

When V1 said "I guess this really is War Without Reason!" I started screaming at the top of my lungs

[@BatuhanDere]

"...like antennas to heaven" - Earthmover Ultrakill

[@beaniewearingbastard3125]

For me it was the moment when the Gutterman said "time to Light Up The Night!".

[@grapes4315]

when the mannequins said "we shall kill you in this garden of forking paths" i died

[@datcap6289]

it was so cool when the fucking tree said "I have no sound, no memory, because im a fucking tree."

[@sstandby]

Nothing made me scream more than when Gutterman said "It's hearing the siren song call of the deathin' time" and started to hear the siren song call of the death the entire place.

[@Miku..__.Dayo.39]

Hakita’s composer needs a raise, and if Hakita made this himself, he needs to give himself a raise

[@justwantaname.]

He makes the music himself

[@noha4309]

​@@justwantaname. All tracks except tenebre rosso sangue

[@Grimmtheknight]

​@noha4309 also cybergrind

[@justwantaname.]

@ Tenebre rosso sangue + The cybergrind + clair de lune (duh) are all made by NOT hakita

[@dallo9016]

@@justwantaname. don't forget hateful and ultrachurch

[@timwardo5877]

Ultrakill went from being a funny shoot game to having so much tension, emotion and despair with this Layer. Learning about the Final war first hand and all the little details made this probably my favorite layer

[@blamgit]

Man I can't wait for what hakita has in store for us

[@TheMerchant3773]

This layer did such a good job at portraying the hopelessness humanity had in the final stages of the war. I originally thought that "world peace" meant that humanity had achieved some sort of utopia, but with this layer, Hakita told us that "world peace" meant there were no more humans to kill

[@hmmmm34565]

Geterman

[@W1nstreak]

"The third installment in a series is usually inferior or equal to the first." ULTRAKILL Act3 3: Am I a joke to you?

[@MARKET_GARDNERI]

“You are dead Frags are fuel Uber is full”

[@FiSH-iSH]

waiter: "would you like your war with or without reason" me asf:

[@crosscutcobra]

YOU CAN'T ESCAPE

[@DOG_EATER_1887]

I prefer just the WAR (ULTRAKILL P-2 Theme #3)

[@graycatsaderow]

Waiter: "would you like your fish size 2 or size 1??"

[@RandomDev00]

@@graycatsaderow waiter: "oh right we ran out of size 2s ever since the beggining of the universe"

[@NefrettenDönmüş]

​@@RandomDev00"how the fuck is this even possible?"

[@comicidy01]

The difficulty spike was insane, cannot wait for Act 3 to be done. Hakita and his team really cooked alot, like holy shit

[@Whatsigmagaming]

That one ant that somehow manages to get up to my shoulder.

[@vyllix8546]

The first trailer i saw of 7-2 i just immediatly said "please i need to fight whatever that is" and then i repeated that to myself while playing the level, then i thought "man imagine if there was a level where you played on top of that And when the time came i was in pure awe and fullfillement

[@KubiaSpeed]

You can also see it on 7-3, it's eyes just looking your way, entirely still

[@adrianachelu1027]

I wrote a comment that is really similar to yours before actually seeing yours, and it's uncanny how we both went through the same chain of events: -first 7-2 trailer -"imagine if that's the final boss" -while playing the layer: "no shot that's the final boss" -7-4: "YESSSSSSS"

[@orangeblanket7181]

@@KubiaSpeedin 7-2 aswell, when they’re not flashed, you can still see their yellow eyes.

[@vyllix8546]

@@adrianachelu1027 i guess the urge to fight the gigantic walking city-sized robot is just a completely normal human urge

[@vyllix8546]

@@orangeblanket7181 one cool thing i noticed is that if you look thing carefuly in these levels that they appear, why would there be thunders? like, there's no storm going on in that desolate landscape, so i think the "lightning" is actually their beam attacks, that's absolutely going to be a headcanon i am not going to remove lol

[@thestarheater973]

Dude, the cover artist deserves appreciation! The Deep Blue Cover, ULTRACHURCH, and this one go so hard

[@knopfir]

fr

[@mrlambo3008]

Yea who does the cover art

[@hankboog462]

I think most cover art is done by Francis Xie, the 2D artist for the game represented by the plush of an alligator in the dev museum

[@BlaixenU]

the pixel art was a guest artist tho

[@dwyl183]

@@BlaixenU Yeah, I'm assuming Keygen Church hired someone else

[@heyitszer0]

4-S' dynamic music progression walked so that War Without Reason could run

[@yurifairy2969]

I think MOST of the secret levels had evolving soundtracks, even 1-S attempted it with the changing ambience

[@epictrollmanmoment]

5-S:

[@stacklysm]

4-3 as well

[@DOG_EATER_1887]

4-3/Dancer in the Darkness was the og

[@dazcarrr]

7-4 but instead of the self-destruct timer a giant maurice chases you out of the earthmover

[@MikemikesAccount]

I love how that some kids say "this song is from pressure" even tho its just a remix. Even the creator of the remix said that the song is inspired from "war without reason"

[@TheAnimatorAzriel]

literally no one thinks that

[@Pukinpatch1]

Im pretty sure everyone knows that search party is inspired by war without reason

[@vlad980]

@@TheAnimatorAzriel welp youd be wrong cause literally a couple comments before this is a guy who thinks so

[@scotttisserand3481]

@@TheAnimatorAzrielmany comments say otherwise, stupid.

[@AnishBirje-ky9xg]

many people are like that. I also didn't know anything about ultra kill.

[@toxinketchup]

6:05 Gif of a man playing a burning piano

[@mogbob7336]

agreed

[@NEN3469]

Man, I literally wrote the same thing earlier, in some video...

[@Hdgxx1]

That’ll be the whole vid

[@aidencook5524]

Fr, that parts the best part

[@Coingobrrrrrrr]

666 likes

[@bloompey2213]

Everyone talks about how V1 was made to kill the Earthmover knowing this through the lore, but i think that the most special way of knowing it is through this very song. theres a popular theory that basically says that, in most songs, V1 is the Electric guitar playing. some say its what V1 feels but I believe its also what it processes during battle. now, notice how the electric guitar was nowhere to be seen. this is because V1 had NOTHING new to process, V1 was made for this so it already knew what to do for the most part. it already dealt with all the enemies seen here so it wasnt new to it either. HOWEVER, what was new was the hurry V1 was in on 5:52, where it had to rush for its own life and kill everyone before it would blow up inside the Earthmover. and the best part is the electric guitar sounds like cries that slowly get louder and louder. V1 was panicking because it didnt expect extra enemies inside the Earthmover here.

[@G102theChair]

They gave V1 a tiny present.

[@yourflyisopen]

Nah, that's just the moment the Earthmover is about to explode, I can tell V1 is panicking and rushing out of the giant robot before it will die.

[@bloompey2213]

@@yourflyisopenyeah, what i just said lol

[@Im_stupid283]

Pretty cool :)

[@chaos-5020]

I'm now imagining V1 just thinking "Oh F**k! OH SH*T! GET ME THE F**K OUTTA HERE!"

[@marcfyre]

Interesting realization - each Act so far features you killing a giant member of one of the monster families. Act 1 has you fight a giant Husk, Act 2 has you fight a giant Demon, and Act 3 has you fight a giant Machine. ...Giant Angel?

[@catgaming8206]

gabriel🗿

[@oat.s.s]

god.

[@toaster9922]

LUCIFER HOLY FUCK

[@ashyunderscorealt95]

thatd mean the existence of an Act 4 which, as far as we're concernned, doesn't and won't exist.

[@wanderingmarshadow]

Lucifer is technically a Giant Angel. Fallen angel, sure, but still an angel. Maybe we'll see a bit of that in Treachery, if not in 9-2 then maybe in P-3? ...probably wouldn't make sense for it to be P-3 but eh.

[@SanityLoser]

event log: 0:00 enter 7-4 1:04 activate leg platforms in the leg 2:40 encountering the security system 4:00 entering the earthmover (breaking the idols) 4:50 fighting the brain 5:20 defeating the brain (final enemy gauntlet of 7-4)

[@fikamudom4771]

It's phenomenal how many different elements you mixed into these newer tracks for VIOLENCE. Phenomenal job Hakita.

[@artman40]

If anyone wonders: 0:00 - The climb starts 1:03 - Yellow hookpoint is activated 2:07 - Entering the building with maurice and 2 mannequins 2:40 - Fighting the Defense System 4:00 - Earthmover activates its flooding defenses 4:32 - V1 reaches the blue hookpoint area with hot floors 4:48 - Fighting the Earthmover's core 5:20 - Escape sequence starts 5:36 - Final wave of enemies spawns 6:40 - V1 uses the vent to leave Earthmover behind

[@nerdokiddo8106]

Fun fact! If you ride a rocket out of the level when the earthmover is about to explode, you get extra style points (M.A.D.)

[@lightoftheworld6578]

You actually missed one: When you hit the checkpoint that the two soldiers were defending, which causes a sentry to rain down (and a guttermen soon after), Phase 3 begins.

[@shawermus]

I swear, the moment with yellow hook point it's so underrated. The sudden dramatic mournful tone with a, ridiculous amount of blood pouring out of platforms gave me goosebumps. It was the "dear god... How much did it take... " Moment

[@lightoftheworld6578]

@@shawermus I hadn't thought of it like that before, actually... that's kind haunting to think about

[@shawermus]

@@lightoftheworld6578 yeah, sucks most people just go through it.

[@_TimeWarp_]

my favorite detail of this layer has to be the writing on the bodies of machines introduced in this layer all being in different languages. just really goes to show how far the final war has really gone in terms of sheer scale

[@934FI]

Another fun fact: The Earthmover in 7-4 stops attacking the other Earthmover in the distance in an attempt to attack V1 instead, implying that the Earthmover immediately recognized V1 as a bigger danger to itself.

[@ldkWhatToWriteHere]

​@@934FI I mean, it's heavily implied that the V1 model was literally made to counter Earthmovers.

[@TortillaPizzeria]

Guttertank has “Panzer Faust” on its arms, the Earthmover has Japanese signs… what does the Gutterman have on it? I don’t think I’ve seen a language written on it.

[@934FI]

@@TortillaPizzeriagiven the fact that guttertank was made in gutterman's model, it's either 2 options: 1 - gutterman is from germany. 2 - gutterman is from a country that germany copied.

[@934FI]

@@ldkWhatToWriteHere That would also mean that v1 counters every other machine in hell, bro just puts everyone in packwatch at this point 😭

[@couchpotato5657]

This MIGHT be one of the coolest levels I’ve ever played. And the cherry on top is that it’s very fun

[@jakez0r529]

ULTRAKILL is like the perfect example of "show, don't tell" or "don't think, just feel" which can really be taken to the next level with official developer endorsed buttplug suppor- okay, okay, but real talk, it's so sick how rather than some lame flashback scene telling you it's entire story, it gives you a world full of pieces for you to put together. It's interactive, like a videogame should be. Hakita is a fucking genius man.

[@avacado4706]

correct

[@Flesh_Wizard]

I've always taken it as "think and feel in harmony"

[@gabbyn.3049]

That’s how storytelling in games should be

[@qwertydavid8070]

I just want to shove this into the face of some old museum curator guy and just shout "SEE THIS SHIT? THIS IS ART MOTHERFUCKER, PUT THIS IN AN EXHIBIT NOW". That videogames are not considered "art" in the same category as music, painting, or film, is a tragedy.

[@fero_art]

If ya all want more that kind of games, play outer wilds, it takes ultrakill's way of story telling and makes it 1000 times better

[@ianrash4944]

I love the idea in 7-1 that Minos threw out the Minotaur because it reminded him of his past mistakes, only to have the next 3 levels be a display of humanities biggest mistake, war. And not just any war, a war completely without reason.

[@Hdgxx1]

goes hard🔥🔥

[@Sunrisen145]

"Like antennas to heaven" is the best title for a level in the entire game, just that imagery through words is- so beautifully haunting. Knowing that the machines cries will only be met with silence.

[@Popcoolman123]

Honestly all the violence level titles go hard as hell

[@Denter86]

Cool reference as well; lest I'm mistaken, it comes from Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven.

[@This_guy_is_so_gool]

One of my favorites with "Cry for the weeper," and "God damn the sun"

[@lunawenko9324]

This was probably the inspiration for the Trenchbleeders from Pressure as the music in the final part of the game where you have to fix the wires sounds very similar

[@pipa1556]

isnt it obvious

[@thatisdepressing]

it literally says in the game description that it's inspired by ultrakill

[@trevorturner6025]

@@thatisdepressing speaking of that. a smallesh chunk of the intense music in it is based off ultrakill i forgot it's name. but the multi eyed png that'll try to break into your hiding spot (lockers) their music is based off pandemonium.